Global launch activity is set to surge over the next week, with 13 missions scheduled to launch from sites around the world. China’s Long March 12A is set to debut with stage recovery, South Korea’s first Hanbit-Nano commercial rocket is set to launch, and Europe’s Ariane 6 will launch a batch of Galileo satellites. SpaceX is set to continue its rapid launch pace with multiple Starlink missions scattered throughout the week.
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Launch Roundup: Launch manifest to feature 10 launches during first week of December
by Sean YoderThe first week of December features 10 orbital launches from six different providers across four…
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Launch Roundup: Ariane 6 flies, Atlas V and New Glenn both scrub during busy week
by John SharpThis week’s launch manifest featured twelve missions launching on nine different rockets, including the first…
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Japan prepares new ISS cargo vehicle as trio of cargo spacecraft deliver new experiments and hardware
The International Space Station (ISS) recently welcomed three spacecraft that delivered much-needed cargo to support…
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Crew Dragon C210 Endurance and the Crew-10 astronauts have safely returned to Earth following over…
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NASA and SpaceX have launched the 11th operational crew rotation mission to the International Space…
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NASA has updated the launch date for the next crew launch to the International Space…
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The final flight of Japan’s H-IIA rocket took place on Saturday, carrying the GOSAT-GW environmental…
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Launch Roundup: Launch manifest remains busy as 2025’s halfway point approaches
by Tyler GrayWith summer and winter for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres now in full swing, the…
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Launch Roundup: Missions launched from the U.S., China, and Russia
On the heels of a busy launch week, this week saw a number of launches…
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Just over two years after the Japanese company ispace attempted but failed to land its…
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Crew handovers and cargo ship movements highlight recent ISS activity
The International Space Station is now in the waning days of Expedition 72 and is…
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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10. The 10th operational crewed…
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Launch Roundup: New Shepard to simulate lunar gravity, India and Japan launch navigation satellites
by Martin SmithThis week’s schedule has a mix of orbital and suborbital missions launching from seven different…
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SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission,…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn and Starship headline a week dominated by SpaceX missions
by John SharpSpaceX dominated this week’s launch manifest with two Falcon 9 missions and the seventh flight…
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Starlink launch concludes record-breaking 2024
With SpaceX’s successful launch of the Starlink Group 12-6 mission on Tuesday, the curtain came…
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Space science in 2024: Moon missions, Martian milestones, astrophysics discoveries, and more
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries…
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International Space Station finishes challenging year as plans are made for its retirement
The International Space Station continues to act as humanity’s outpost in low-Earth orbit, a role…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX plans for five customer missions; Rocket Lab launch mission for Synspective
The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 22 has been…